Keskusta ("City Centre") is a main
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of the city of
Tampere
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
,
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, formed by less than 20 suburbs in the city centre. Over 63,000 people live in Keskusta.
It is located along the
Tammerkoski
Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland. The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region), Pyhäjärvi. The difference in altitude between these two is and the water flows from Näsij ...
rapids and its most important services include
Tampere City Hall
The Tampere City Hall (; ) is a Neo-Renaissance building in Tampere, Finland
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and the
Market Hall
A market hall is a covered space or a building where food and other articles are sold from stalls by independent vendors. A market hall is a type of indoor market and can be found in many European countries. The most common variation of a mar ...
.
Districts
Finlayson,
Nalkala,
Amuri,
Kaakinmaa
Kaakinmaa is a district in Tampere, Finland, located in the Keskusta, Tampere, city center. It includes the area south of Pyynikki Church Park (''Pyynikin kirkkopuisto'') between the Hämeenpuisto park and the Mariankatu street. To the south, the ...
,
Pyynikinrinne
Pyynikinrinne is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is located west of the Keskusta, Tampere, city center. Pyynikinrinne is bordered on the south by the Pyynikki Esker nature reserve, on the north by Pirkankatu and on the east by Mariankatu. The ...
,
Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi (; 'Cape of Sandbank') is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, Doghill Fairytale Farm, an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneul ...
,
Tampella
Oy Tampella Ab was a Finland, Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti, Naistenlahti di ...
,
Jussinkylä
Jussinkylä (also known as Juhannuskylä) is a neighbourhood in the city center of Tampere, Finland. It is located east of Tammerkoski and borders Satakunnankatu in the south. To the east and northeast, the district is bounded by a railway and to ...
,
Kyttälä
Kyttälä is a district in Tampere, Finland. It was born in the late 1870s as a working-class neighborhood to the eastern outskirts of the town. As Tampere soon expanded, Kyttälä is now a part of the city center between the Tammerkoski river a ...
,
Ratina,
Osmonmäki
Osmonmäki is a district in the center of Tampere, Finland. The immediate neighbors of the area are Tammela, Tampere, Tammela, Tampella (district), Tampella, Lappi, Tampere, Lappi and Petsamo, Tampere, Petsamo. There are apartment buildings in the ...
,
Tammela,
Tulli,
Kalevanharju
Kalevanharju () is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is bordered on the north by Liisankallio, on the northeast by Kaleva, on the east by Kalevanrinne, on the south by Hatanpää, on the west by Ratina and on the northwest by Tulli. The Cent ...
,
Hatanpää
Hatanpää () is a district in Tampere, Finland, located in the southern part of the Keskusta, Tampere, city center on the shores of Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region), Lake Pyhäjärvi. Hatanpää is actually a peninsula that protrudes towards the lake ...
,
Pyynikki
Pyynikki () is a district and a nature reserve in Tampere, Finland. It is located in the Pyynikinharju ridge, between the city center and the western district of Pispala. Pyynikinharju is the highest esker in the world, rising 85 meters above t ...
.
Gallery
File:Finlayson industrial building at night. - panoramio.jpg, Finlayson industrial building
File:Aamulehden talo, Hallituskatu 14, Tampere.jpg, ''Aamulehti
''Aamulehti'' ( Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. Established in 1881 by Finnish patriots in Tampere, the newspaper aimed to bolster the Finnish language and people's identity d ...
'' office building in Nalkala
File:Tampere City Library interior.jpg, Tampere Central Library
Tampere Central Library (Finnish language, Finnish: ''Tampereen kaupungin pääkirjasto'') is the main municipal library in Tampere, Finland. It is also known as ''Metso'' ('Western capercaillie, Capercaillie'), due to its resemblance to the bi ...
in Amuri
File:Pirkanmaa music institute in Tampere Nov2011 001.jpg, Pirkanmaa Music Institute in Kaakinmaa
File:Särkänniemi6.jpg, Särkänniemi
Särkänniemi (; 'Cape of Sandbank') is an amusement park in Tampere, Finland, located in the district by the same name. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, Doghill Fairytale Farm, an art museum and an observation tower Näsinneul ...
amusement park
File:Vapriikin etupiha ja sisäänkäynti.jpg, Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampella
File:Tampere Catherdal - panoramio.jpg, Tampere Cathedral
Tampere Cathedral (, ; originally known as St. John's Church) is a Lutheran church in Tampere, Finland, and the seat of the Diocese of Tampere. The building was designed in the National Romantic style by Lars Sonck, and built between 1902 and 190 ...
in Jussinkylä
File:Tampere railway station in December.jpg, Tampere Central Station
Tampere Central Station is a functionalist building in Tampere, Finland, designed by Eero Seppälä and Otto Flodin, completed in 1936. The station is one of the most important railway stations in Finland. In 2015, the Tampere Central Station wa ...
in Kyttälä
File:Ratina Stadium 4.jpg, Tampere Stadium
Tampere Stadium (), also known as Ratina Stadium (), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts. In ...
in Ratina
File:Salhojankadun Pub in Tampere Aug2009.jpg, Salhojankadun Pub, a local bar in Tammela
File:Tampere-talo 2017.jpg, Tampere Hall
The Tampere Hall (; ) is the largest congress centre in the Nordic countries, located in the southern edge of Sorsapuisto, in the centre of Tampere, Finland. It was inaugurated on September 29, 1990. Opposite of the Tampere Hall is the main bui ...
in Tulli
File:University of Tampere.jpg, Tampere University
Tampere University (, shortened TAU) is a multidisclipinary public university located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It is the second largest university in the country by student enrollment.
The university was established on January 1, 2019, a ...
in Kalevanharju
File:Hatanpaan kartano (926080045).jpg, Hatanpää Manor
File:Rosendahlin ranta.jpg, Rosendahl Beach in Pyynikki
See also
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Hämeenkatu
Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland, located in the Keskusta, Tampere, city center. The boulevard is roughly a kilometre long, and wide (driveway and sidewalk) at its widest point.
Hämeenkatu is a boulevard, which begins from t ...
*
Iides
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Sampo
In Finnish mythology, the ''Sampo'' () is a magical device or object described in many different ways, constructed by the blacksmith and inventor Ilmarinen and which brings riches and good fortune to its holder, akin to the horn of plenty (corn ...
References
External links
City of Tampere- Official Website
Keskusta (Tampere)
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